214 THE FRESH- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND 
From the foregoing statements it will be inferred that the flora of 
the lakes at Lismore differs considerably from that of the lakes in the 
Ness Area. Three illustrations are given in the original paper. 
Loch Fiart is situated in the south portion of the island, and is 
about two-thirds of a mile long. It has a reedy margin composed 
of Phragmites communis and Scirpus lacustris. 
Loch Kilcheran is nearly two miles north of Loch Fiart, and, 
like it, has a reedy margin of the same plants, which at the north end 
cover an extensive area. A circular pool is shut off from the main 
body of the loch by these plants, at the north end, forming thereby 
a " murder-hole."' 
Loch Baile a' Ghobhainn is situated in the north portion of the 
island. It is about two-thirds of a mile long, and agrees with the 
other lakes in having a similar reedy margin. The south end is 
occupied by an extensive tract of Scirpus lacustris, and at the north 
end, in the rear of a zone of the same plants, there is an extensive 
bed of Phragmites communis, which had been cut for economic 
purposes. 
Not only in the reedy margin, in the water, in the shores, and in 
the general aspect do these three lochs agree with one another, but 
also in their general flora, so that the following list of species may 
stand for any one of them : — Littorella lacustris, Chara aspera, var. 
desmacantha, 2 to 20 feet deep ; C. fragilis, var. delicatula, 10 to 20 
feet deep ; C. hispida, var. rudis, 25 to 35 feet deep. All these 
species of Chara are heavily incrusted with lime. Fontinalis anti- 
pyretica, to a depth of 40 feet ; Hypnum scorpioides, a very robust 
form, 3 to 5 feet deep ; Utricularia vulgaris, to 12 feet deep ; Myrio- 
phyllum spicatum, to 10 feet deep {vide ante) ; Potamogeton perfoliatus, 
10 to 24 feet deep ; P. natans, to 20 feet deep ; P. pusillus and its 
var. tenuissimus, 2 to 12 feet deep ; P. lucens, P. filiformis, Nymphaea 
lutea, and Castalia speciosa. Hippuris vulgaris is very luxuriant and 
abundant to a depth of 10 feet, with the flowering stems above the 
surface even from that depth. liOoking over the side of a boat, 
the subaqueous meadow of foliage formed by the barren shoots of this 
elegant plant was a sight not easily forgotten. Scirpus lacustris, 
Equisetum limosum, Phragmites communis, Glyceria fluitans, 
Menyanthes trifoliata, Polygonum amphibium, Heleocharis palustris, 
Comarum palustre, Sparganium ramosum, Carex rostrata, C. Goode- 
novii, C. aquatilis, C. flacca, Samolus Valerandi, Alisma Plantago^ 
Radicula oflicinalis, Myosotis palustris. Iris Pseud-acorus, Eriophorum 
polystachion, Cardamine pratensis, Stellaria uliginosa, Pedicularis 
palustris, Triglochin palustre, Juncus effusus, J. articulatus, Caltha 
palustris, Veronica Anagallis, Senecio aquaticus, Montia fontana, 
Parnassia palustris, Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Ranunculus Flammula, 
